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Gold
Nokia Oro

Those with a shedload of wonga and a desire to Del Boy it up with their jewellery have always raised eyebrows at tech covered in gold. Which is exactly why manufacturers such as Nokia jumped on the blingwagon by producing carat covered phones.

Kevlar
Motorola Razr

It can protect a soldier from the threat of bullets and it's often used in bicycle tyres and racing sails, so of course it was only a matter of time before our tech came clad with this DuPont-produced high strength material too.

Motorola's latest Razr was remade as a Kevlar-clad smartphone, toughened even further with a Gorilla Glass display. Nikon put out a DSLR camera built from Kevlar too and we're always seeing the material used in cables and speaker parts.

Paper
Recyclable Laptops

A compound made from paper may soon find its way onto hardware factory lines, promising to cause a revolution in the world of laptop production.